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Colour

#36C4CD

  • #36C4CD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#36C4CD is a cyan with RGB values 54, 196, 205 and HSL 184°, 60%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#36C4CD#36C4CD
HEX#36C4CD
RGBrgb(54, 196, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.7686, 0.8039
RGB percentages21.2%, 76.9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(183.6, 60.2%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.6, 73.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK73.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,589,325
CSS custom property--colour: #36C4CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.93:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#C93B32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5BBCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0ACCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 9Light seagreen · ΔE 12Turquoise · ΔE 17.7Cadetblue · ΔE 19.5Sky blue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 7.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD3F36
Analogous#36CD8B, #3678CD
Triadic#CD36C4, #C4CD36
Split complementary#CD3678, #CD8B36
Tetradic#8B36CD, #CD3F36, #78CD36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9F4F6
Lighter +30%#B1E8EB
Lighter +20%#88DCE1
Lighter +10%#5FD0D7
Darker −10%#299FA7
Darker −20%#1F787E
Darker −30%#155155
Darker −40%#0B2A2C
More saturated +25%#17E0EC
Less saturated −25%#55A8AE

Channel breakdown

R54
G196
B205
Red54 (21.2%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue183.58°
Saturation (HSL)60.16%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G C4 · B CD

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